The National Priorities and Industry Linkage Fund (NPILF) policy is an important national policy initiative designed to enhance Australian university graduates’ job readiness. Using Bacchi’s What’s the Problem Represented to be? (WPR) methodology, this study critically analyses the NPILF policy. We …
Effective university–industry partnerships (UIPs) help universities access state-of-the-art equipment and resources to conduct research and improve their educational programs. The development of UIPs is a key priority in post-Soviet Kazakhstan’s governmental education agenda; however, little is know…
The valorization of skills in English higher education policy-making is a long-standing refrain, informing both rhetoric and investment from government and shaping university behaviour. Critiques of the ‘skills agenda’ are equally established, on grounds of its contested evidence base, manner of imp…
The research investigates the employment opportunities and outcomes for Italian graduates in business economics, after two decades from the beginning of the Bologna process. Preliminarily, the study identifies the predictors of the employment status of graduates one year after graduation. Subsequent…
